HERNANDEZ v. POWER CONSTRUCTION CO.

No. 49162.

73 Ill.2d 90 (1978)

382 N.E.2d 1201

LEOPOLDO HERNANDEZ, Appellee, v. POWER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 6, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Grogan, of Chicago (Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., of counsel), for appellant.

Alvin E. Rosenbloom, of Chicago (William J. Harte, Ltd., and Lawrence T. Stanner, of counsel), for appellee.


Affirmed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Leopoldo Hernandez, filed an action in the circuit court of Cook County for personal injuries against defendant, Power Construction Company, under the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 48, pars. 60 to 69). The injuries were allegedly sustained when plaintiff fell from a scaffold being used in the construction of a building under the supervision of defendant...

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